Examining the weekend effect across ICU performance metrics

Abstract Background Known colloquially as the “weekend effect,” the association between weekend admissions and increased mortality within hospital settings has become a highly contested topic over the last two decades. Drawing interest from practitioners and researchers alike, a sundry of works have...

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Main Authors: Louis Faust, Keith Feldman, Nitesh V. Chawla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2479-5